Quotes about Renewal

The universe provides us with a clean slate in every moment; God's creation holds nothing against us.

Today I atone for the mistakes of my past.

Midlife is about surrendering things that no longer matter, not because our lives are in decline, but because they're on an incline

God forgives you. Your mistakes did not change the ultimate truth about you or alter the permanent nature of God's universe. Your ego is not that powerful. Truly atone for your errors, make amends where possible, and you'll be free to begin again.

A new kind of American—a new kind of thinker and a new kind of citizen—needs to arise now. And quickly. We the People, We the Problem For too many decades, Americans have been chronically distracted by less important things, not bothering to engage in serious self-examination.

There's a profound satisfaction in finally giving up something meaningless, for no other reason than that we did it to the max and now we're ready to move on.

The holiness of the present delivers me from the pain of yesterday.

Forgiveness sets me free of pain.

It's like the dirty water that spurts out of a bathtub that hasn't been used for a while; you just have to let it do its thing for a bit, and then clear water will begin to flow.

Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.

Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.

All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.